The Weekly Independent: December 23, 2016

This special Friday edition of The Weekly Independent wraps up our final edition of new news for the year. Stay tuned for a ‘year in review’ post discussing the top stories of 2016 in our wrap up next week.
- Want to know what 2017 holds? We’ve been reading a lot about top workplace trends for 2017 (and will publish our own insights soon). Here are a few of our recent favorites:
- Fast Company suggests that HR will transform into a profession based on “people science.”
- SmallBizLabs says that the million-dollar solopreneur is a real thing (as well as the title of an upcoming book), and also notes that corporations will continue to embrace freelancers.
- Worried about misclassification in 2017? We have an early Christmas present for you. The Department of Labor has just launched a minisite on misclassification. The educational site spells out key information about misclassification for both workers and clients in an attempt to encourage compliant use of independent talent.
- This professor tells her MBA students to stop looking for a full-time job and to search in the gig economy instead.
- These five simple tips can help you prevent scope creep, now and in 2017.
- Medium sized companies using contingent talent are getting more attention, SIA reports.
- More and more savvy companies are tapping into the power of the retiree, says The New York Times. Much of this talent is independent.
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